At 3am I was startled awake by the opening of the stairgate. Leaping out of bed I found Mum clothes on over her pyjamas grumbling she was fed up of being moved from pillar to post & was going home. When her mum was diagnosed with Alzheimers disease Marianne Talbot decided she couldnt put her into a care home. Instead for five years she looked after her mum in her own home. For nearly three of those years she chronicled for the readers of Saga Magazine Online" the fears & frustrations the love & the laughter & the tears & the traumas of caring. Now in this heart warming book you too can meet Marianne Mum & the appalling Fatcat. You will also find plenty of practical tips for caring for someone with dementia & on staying sane whilst doing so a resources & useful contacts section & Mariannes reflections on caring from a distance & on when caring comes to an end. Written for anyone anywhere who has anything to do with dementia or with caring; in reading it you will know you are not alone."